Menan Schriewer

Menan Schriewer
Born: (1934-09-30)September 30, 1934
Died: December 30, 2013(2013-12-30) (aged 79)
Career information
Position(s) End
Height 6 ft 8 in (203 cm)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg)
College Texas
High school New Braunfels
NFL draft 1956 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10
Drafted by Chicago Bears
Career history
As player
1956–1958 Toronto Argonauts
1959 Saskatchewan Roughriders
1960–1962 Toronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards
  • All-SWC (1955)
  • CFL All-Star (1957)
  • Longhorns Hall of Honor inductee

Menan Clyde Schriewer (September 20, 1934 – December 30, 2013) was an American football and Canadian football end. He attended Texas, and was a three-year letterman. Schriewer led the Longhorns in receiving in his junior and senior years, and recorded a total of 42 receptions for 690 yards and four touchdowns in his career. Schriewer was drafted by the Chicago Bears of the National Football League in the first round (tenth overall) of the 1956 NFL Draft.[1] However, Schriewer eventually joined the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts, who offered Schriewer more money. With the Argonauts, Schriewer was named CFL All-Star in 1957. Schriewer joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1959, but rejoined the Argos a year later. He was inducted into the Longhorns Hall of Honor in 2009.[2] In Schriewer's honor, the Menan Schriewer Offensive Lineman of the Award is created.[3]

Schriewer died on December 30, 2013 at the age of 79. He was survived by his wife Sandra Jefferies Schriewer, six children, brothers Charles and Alan, thirteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Pro Football Draft History: 1956". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  2. ↑ Pils, Douglas (2009-11-19). "New Braunfels' Schriewer heads to UT Hall". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  3. ↑ gdelaune (2010-02-08). "Some of the best today, one of the best yesterday". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  4. ↑ "Menan Clyde Schriewer". New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung. 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
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